Allen Hirsch is a prolific American artist, writer and entrepreneur. Mr. Hirsch and his work have been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, in the New York Times, and in a feature spread in New York Magazine. He has created new painting techniques including string painting, new cubism and has pioneered brain lateralization studies in art. Allen has developed special real estate and hospitality properties which include the world famous restaurant La Esquina in Soho. In 1993, he did the inaugural Bill Clinton portrait for National Portrait Gallery which also hung in the White House.